Isometric deformations of cuspidal edges (Q286720)

The authors consider \(\mathcal{C}^*\), the set of map germs of generic cuspidal edges \((\mathbb R^2,0)\rightarrow (\mathbb R^3,0)\). The main result of the paper is contained in Theorem A : Let \(\kappa_s(t)\) be the singular curvature function along the singular curve \(\gamma(t)\) of \(f\in \mathcal{C}^*\) such that \(\gamma(0)=0\). Let \(\sigma(t)\) be a real analytic regular space curve whose curvature function \(\tilde{\kappa}(t)\) satisfies \(\tilde{\kappa}(t)>|\kappa_s(t)|\) for all sufficiently small \(t\). Then there exist at most two map germs \(g\in \mathcal{C}^*\) such that: (1) the first fundamental form of \(g\) coincides with that of \(f\), in particular, the singular curve \(\gamma(t)\) in the domain of \(f\) is the same as that of \(g\); (2) \(g(\gamma(t))=\sigma(t)\) holds for each \(t\). Other authors articles directly connected to this topic are [\textit{M. Hasegawa} et al., Sel. Math., New Ser. 20, No. 3, 769--785 (2014; Zbl 1298.57024); Int. J. Math. 26, No. 4, Article ID 1540008, 34 p. (2015; Zbl 1321.57039)] and of \textit{M. Kokubu} et al. [Pac. J. Math. 221, No. 2, 303--351 (2005; Zbl 1110.53044)] and [\textit{K. Saji} et al., Ann. Math. (2) 169, No. 2, 491--529 (2009; Zbl 1177.53014)].